We pulled a dog out of a warehouse yesterday who was completely skin and bones. This dog was able to survive because there was access to water but no food. He is one of many we have seen like this. If there is one...there are others and we must come to their rescue!

As of September 30, the HSUS was forced to stop rescuing animals due to orders by the Louisiana State Vet. It was ridiculous that this vet could pick some arbitrary date of when rescuing should end. She did this without ever consulting with those of us actually rescuing.

I refused to stop this rescue operation knowing that there were still animals trapped behind closed doors in attics, bathrooms and carriers. I could not fathom the thought of them wasting away while a state vet believed they could no longer be alive.

We could not and would not give up on them. Because the state vet closed Lamar Dixon for intake of animals (the temporary shelter where we were bringing all rescued animals), we had to find temporary places to bring the animals. We used Pasado Safe Animal Haven for two days and now use Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

We rescue the animals in New Orleans, put the animals on a refrigerated semi-truck and take them two hours away to Best Friends temporary shelter in Tylertown, Mississippi. It has been a great joining of teams! Since Oct. 1 we have rescued over 300 animals which certainly proves the state vet wrong.

The volunteers are still staying at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in tents and will be able to do so until October 15. After that time we will be moving the command center (our phones, Internet connections, dispatch, etc.) and our tents to another location yet to be determined.

If you can volunteer between now and October 15, please come to the Lamar Dixon Expo Center. We do a volunteer orientation at 9:00 p.m. each night in front of the Prowler trailer between Barn 1 and Barn 2. We send our teams out at 5:30 a.m.

If we determine that we are still rescuing animals after October 15, I will send out an update as to where to report to volunteer. We watch the statistics closely each day to determine how many animals we are still rescuing and how many of those animals would not have made it without us.

Thank you so much for helping!!! If you come to help and rescue one animal you have made a tremendous difference!